If you plan to disturb any painted surfaces (windows, trim, walls), make sure your contractor is EPA RRP-certified — it’s illegal for them to scrape or sand without it.

Handling this in a neighborly fashion before the tree destroys your rental (or worse, injures or kills your tenant), is cleary the better option here.

This gives me a very surface level idea of how much properties are worth in those areas. 

It may look like a quick refresh on the surface but people can do some weird stuff like blowing foam insulation into electrical outlets and running an electrical cord underground from shed to house.

Clean is defined as: all surfaces (walls, floors, counters, fixtures, appliances) free from dirt, grime, excessive dirty dishes/laundry, and grease.

On the surface it seems a little greedy. 

It's not as easy or straightforward as it appears on the surface.

Using a hard money loan to cover the purchase and rehab costs.The inspection revealed some termite damage to about 2 floor joists that we could see and the rest of the place was seemingly surface level with the bathrooms and kitchens needing the most work.

I don’t know of any contractors who would do more than hang plastic sheeting over open entrances, maybe on a good day they might block a heating vent if you’re lucky.after I’ve had all the demo and drywall done, I have a cleaning lady I know come in to clean every surface, ceiling to floor.

Plus, many renters see hard surface flooring as a premium feature.Good luck with the updates!